NC S571

Establishes a Maternal Care Access Grant Program with $5 million annually to fund community-based organizations focused on preventing maternal mortality among Black women, with individual grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000

Requires mandatory implicit bias training for all health care professionals providing perinatal care, with completion deadlines of December 31, 2026 for current licensees and within one year for new licensees; appropriates $2.5 million annually to develop and administer the training program

Allocates $3 million annually to five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Bennett College, Fayetteville State, Johnson C. Smith, NC A&T, and NC Central) to establish lactation consultant training programs

Creates a Perinatal Education Grant Program with $3 million annually to fund community organizations providing pregnancy and newborn care education in rural, underserved, or low-wealth areas

Establishes a Momni-Bus Initiative with $6.5 million annually to expand maternal and infant health care access in underserved areas, including a $1.5 million directed grant to March of Dimes and $5 million in competitive grants to community organizations